The Founding of the 13 Colonies

Webquest

Mrs. C Cummings

Introduction:

You are an apprentice printer during colonial times. You have been given the job of designing brochures. The brochures are to be handed out in Europe in attempts to get more people to immigrate to the colonies. In order to complete your job, you must find out specific information about each colony so you can gear your brochures towards specific groups of people.

Task:

Your task is to research and record information about the founding of the 13 colonies. You will complete 3 worksheets, (one on New England, Middle and Southern colonies). For each colony you will explain when it was founded, by whom and why it was founded. For each colonial region, you will describe the geography, the economy, religion and role of slavery. After you have completed the worksheets on all 13 colonies, you will choose 1 colony and design a brochure.

You must create a brochure on a colony that will include the following information:

Name of the colony on the front with a map of where the colony is located
One section about the history of the colonies (how and why it was started and by whom)
One section about the geography and climate and how it affects living and way of life
Include significant leaders who live in your colonies
Include what kind of religious groups are in your colonies
What kind of cultural diversity is in your colony (what type of people live in your colony)
One section on how people make money (the economy) in your colony
One section on slavery in your colony
Additional facts on your colony

Process:

1. Using the links below complete binder pages 109-111 (How the
Colonies Began Packet)

Overview of the colonies

New England Colonies

Middle Colonies

Southern Colonies

Religion of the Colonies

Summary of the Colonies

Summary of Individual Colonies
Specific Information on each Colony

2. Choose 1 of the 13 Original colonies and design and create a brochure. Use the worksheets to help you, as well as additional research. Your brochure should be designed to be distributed in Europe to get more people to come to the colony picked. Your brochure MUST include the following information:

Name of the colony on the front with a map of where the colony is located
One section about the history of the colonies (how and why it was started and by whom)
One section about the geography and climate and how it affects living and way of life
Include significant leaders who live in your colonies
Include what kind of religious groups are in your colonies
What kind of cultural diversity is your colonies (what type of people live in your colony)
One section on how people make money (the economy) in your colony
One section on slavery in your colony
Additional information on your colony

3. Your worksheets must be done by Thursday, Nov. 16th brochures must be
handed in on Tuesday, Nov. 21st.

Evaluation:

You will be graded each day on how you work on the webquest in class.
               5 pts—Student worked diligently & accomplished much
               4 pts—Student worked well & accomplished enough
               3 pts—Student was distracted at times & accomplished
                          some work

2pts—Student was distracted & did not accomplish much
1pt—Student distracted others & did not get work done

You will also be graded on the Brochure using the following rubric:

Colony Brochure Rubric

CATEGORY	(4) Excellent	(3) Good	(2) Almost	(1) Not Yet
Attractiveness & Organization	The brochure has exceptionally attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The brochure has attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The brochure has organized information.	The brochure's formatting and organization of material are confusing to the reader.
Content - Accuracy Explain who founded the colony and why. Include date.	The brochure has all of the required information on the formation of the colony and some additional information	The brochure has all of the required information on the formation of the colony	The brochure has some of the required information on the formation of the colony	The brochure has little of the required information on the formation of the colony
Content-Accuracy Explain the geography of the colony, how they made money (economy), what religions they were, what types of people settled there, how they felt about slavery	The brochure has all of the required information on religion, economy, geography and slavery in the colony and also includes some additional information	The brochure has all of the required information on religion, economy, geography and slavery in the colony	The brochure has some of the required information on religion, economy, geography and slavery in the colony	The brochure has little of the required information on religion, economy, geography and slavery in the colony
Graphics/Pictures	The graphics go well with the text and there is a good mix of text and graphics.	The graphics go well with the text, but there are so many that they distract from the text.	The graphics go well with the text, but there are too few.	The graphics do not go with the accompanying text or appear to be randomly chosen.
Writing - Mechanics	All of the writing is done in complete sentences. Capitalization and punctuation are correct throughout the brochure.	Most of the writing is done in complete sentences. Most of the capitalization and punctuation are correct throughout the brochure.	Some of the writing is done in complete sentences. Some of the capitalization and punctuation are correct throughout the brochure.	Most of the writing is not done in complete sentences. Most of the capitalization and punctuation are not correct throughout the brochure.

Total __________/20 Points

Conclusion:

After completing this webquest you will have a solid grasp on how
each of the 13 colonies was founded, as well as what life was like
in each of the 3 colonial regions.